Office Depot/OfficeMax are reportedly offering a $10 instant discount when buying $100 or more of Mastercard gift cards in-store.

The Deal

    Buy $100+ Mastercard gift cards in-store at Office Depot or OfficeMax & get $10 off.

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Quick Thoughts

Office Depot/Office Max has decided to out-do Staples on the gift card front this week. Staples is only offering a $5 instant discount on $200 Visa gift cards which results in you still paying a $1.95 activation fee.

This deal at Office Depot/OfficeMax on the other hand will be instantly profitable by $4.05 or $3.05 depending on if you buy a $100 or $200 Mastercard gift card.

The fact that these are Mastercard gift cards will be off-putting to some though due to past issues with them. I've not heard of people having problems with Mastercard gift cards recently though (e.g. drained cards), so hopefully whatever issues they were having in the past have now been resolved.

h/t Doctor of Credit

Stephen Pepper is on a 5 year, 50 state road trip with his wife Shae and their dog Truffles. Finding opportunities to earn miles and points is one of the ways they can afford to do this, so he'll try to help you do the same for your own travels.

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